SMALL SCALE VERSION OF THE VIETNAM WAR MEMORIAL IS ON DISPLAY IN KENNER TONIGHT. WDSU'S DAMON SINGLETON WAS ON HAND TO WITNESS THE MEMORIAL BEING ERECTED AND THE REACTIONS OF THE VETERANS IN ATTENDANCE. WELL IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO KENNER VETERANS PARK OVER MY SHOULDER IS ANOTHER REASON TO VISIT. THE VIETNAM WAR MEMORIAL ARRIVED HERE THIS MORNING AND IT WILL BE HERE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WELL WE JUST PUT UP THE WALL AND IT IS NOW OPEN FOR VIEWING UNTIL MONDAY MAY 19 WHEN IT WILL BE TAKEN DOWN ABOUT NOON. BOB ROSS WHO IS ON THE MOVING WALL COMMITTEE SUSPECTS THE IMPACT HERE WILL BE SIMILAR TO THE OTHER CITIES THE WALL HAS VISITED. VETERANS, FAMILY MEMBERS JUST FIND IT UNBELIEVEBLY EMOTIONAL, THEY GET CLOSURE, THEY DO NAME RUBBINGS THEY JUST FIND A LOT OF PEACE AT THIS WALL. IT'S JUST AN IMPRESSIVE PLACE TO BE SO WE HOPE EVERYBODY CAN COME OUT AND SPEND SOME TIME HERE. I WAS A HELICOPTER MECHANIC AND TECHNICIAN AND I ARRIVED IN MEKONG PHONAM THAILAND TO DO RESCUE FROM HELICOPTERS OF PILOTS BEING SHOT DOWN IN VIETNAM. THOMAS NUNNERY WAS A MUCH YOUNGER MAN IN 1969/1970 WHEN HE WAS SHOT DOWN TWICE HIMSELF WHILE TRYING TO RESCUE DOWNED PILOTS. PASTOR NUNNERY HAS FRIENDS ON THE WALL... YES MY FIRST COUSIN HE WAS KILLED IN VIET NAM WHEN I WAS GOING OVER IN 69 THEY WERE BRINGING HIM BACK. I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT UNTIL I GOT BACK THAT HE'D BEEN KILLED IN VIETNAM. ALSO WE HAVE LARRY AUSTIN WHO'S FROM KENNER WHO WAS KILLED IN VIETNAM AND MANY MORE OF MY FRIENDS THAT I KNOW THAT WERE SHOT DOWN OR INJURED IN VIETNAM. MANY TIMES WE'D GO IN TO RESCUE AND IT WAS TOO HEAVY AND WE'D HAVE TO BACK OFF AND SEE THE SOLDIERS BEING TAKEN AWAY, THAT WAS VERY HARD TO DO. KNOWING SOME OF THEIR STORIES, HEARING HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS FOR THEM TO HAVE THE WALL HERE, HOW MUCH IT MEANT TO THEM; YOU FEEL PATRIOTIC, YOU FEEL PROUD BUT YOU FEEL EMOTIONAL ALSO. I'M THANKFUL TO GOD THAT I SURVIVED AND I CAN FUNCTION LIKE I DO NOW IN SPITE OF WHAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH. ON YOUR SIDE FROM KENNER VETERANS PARK DAMON SINGLETON WDSU NEWS. ON FRIDAY A PROCESSION BEGINNING AT 9AM WILL DELIVER 5 WREATHS AND AN HONOR BOARD WITH THE NAMES OF THE 47 FALLEN HEROES FROM JEFFERSON PARISH. Tonight: What a beautiful evening! Low 70s early, 9pm mid 50s Northshore

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